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it's good for our economy, it's good for our national security, it's good for our people and we should do it this year. >>> despite gridlock president obama urged members of congress to work together. >> obviously because something is smart and fair and good for the economy, fiscally responsible, supported by business and labor and evangelical community and many democrats and many republicans, that does not mean it will actually get done. this is washington after all. lets not wait. it doesn't get easier. to just put it off. lets do it now, lets don't delay. lets get it done and lets do it in a bipartisan fashion. >> no matter how loud the call of reform, the din of health care remains at such a high volume hearing anything but may be impossible. after weeks of glitches, failures, the pressure ramped up yesterday when a handful of democratic senators began drafting a bill to delay the heart of the act, individual mandate, gives individuals time to sign up for coverage before penalties kick you in but does not come without political cost. the white house is pushing back on delay. in the
it's good for our economy, it's good for our national security, it's good for our people and we should do it this year. >>> despite gridlock president obama urged members of congress to work together. >> obviously because something is smart and fair and good for the economy, fiscally responsible, supported by business and labor and evangelical community and many democrats and many republicans, that does not mean it will actually get done. this is washington after all. lets not...
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could the economy stand that. this is an idea where the republicans are saying, no, let's get this passed so we can continue to fight to get more leverage from the government. but there's no clear path, if there's a clear path, it's on extending the debt limit. it's not on the shutdown. everything has gone nowhere. if in fact they're a true house gop, they want to have big time negotiations with ryan, camp, boehner, those aren't going to happen within a week, those take a long time. if the government shutdown continues to be a by-product of that and the citizenry accept that, these are questions that a lot of members of congress have. which means at some point if this continues to go on long term it wouldn't be shocking if you saw some of those midwestern, coastal republicans saying enough from the government. >> it's jonathan capehart, i want to make sure i heard you correctly, did you say as part of this republican deal it would stipulate that the treasury could not use extraordinary measures si s six weeks -- l
could the economy stand that. this is an idea where the republicans are saying, no, let's get this passed so we can continue to fight to get more leverage from the government. but there's no clear path, if there's a clear path, it's on extending the debt limit. it's not on the shutdown. everything has gone nowhere. if in fact they're a true house gop, they want to have big time negotiations with ryan, camp, boehner, those aren't going to happen within a week, those take a long time. if the...
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it's reforming a massive part of the american economy, fixing the american economy. it's incredibly hard. if we can't -- if the president can't make the website work, if he can't catch up on the signup numbers, it is going to discredit not just the idea of health care reform but the idea that government is capable of doing big things. that's why with respect to my friend howard, i don't think this is about explaining it better, wageing a better story, having a war room, it's about execution. this is a flop. it was sabotaged not by its opponents but by well meaning supporters. they have to get it working. whether the deadline is 30 days or 60 days or 90 days, i'm not sure. i think there will be -- if it is made to work, people will possibly look back on this period and say, it was a big deal. it was rocky. >> robert, "the new york times" editorial had a scathing editorial this morning which basically says in the interim as republicans mirthfully watched the botched rollout, they have gotten basically a pass on immigration reform, highly controversial stance stripping
it's reforming a massive part of the american economy, fixing the american economy. it's incredibly hard. if we can't -- if the president can't make the website work, if he can't catch up on the signup numbers, it is going to discredit not just the idea of health care reform but the idea that government is capable of doing big things. that's why with respect to my friend howard, i don't think this is about explaining it better, wageing a better story, having a war room, it's about execution....
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even as this has been a flawed strategy and taking the american economy with it, they continue to move the goal posts in the bigger picture about where this country is going and what our spending priorities are. >> absolutely. we have still got what we anticipate will be about a million jobs that will be created or preserved because of a sequester that made absolutely no sense. i remember being on the show and talking about it like it was the loch ness monster. and we're seeing dozens of elected officials fighting over whether or not someone who is 27 years old can get a tax credit to buy private insurance in a new shopping porthole. that is how radical this is. >> it doesn't end here. luke, before we get to the debt limit fight, which it seems to be going nowhere which is to say looming on the horizon, i want to know what you make of what eric and kevin were doing on friday saying it is incumbent upon the is vulnerable democrats to vote against the funding of obama care including mary landrieu and others. do you think they are vulnerable or is this an effort to punt this over to the d
even as this has been a flawed strategy and taking the american economy with it, they continue to move the goal posts in the bigger picture about where this country is going and what our spending priorities are. >> absolutely. we have still got what we anticipate will be about a million jobs that will be created or preserved because of a sequester that made absolutely no sense. i remember being on the show and talking about it like it was the loch ness monster. and we're seeing dozens of...
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economy. those are the jobs we need to raise wages for. >> jack brings up an important point, seven out of ten growth occupyings through 2020 are low-wage jobs. this the american job market. the president has supported this, we have a lot of democrats who have come out and supported thchl i think it is much harder, actually, for conservatives to dismiss the minimum wage in the way they dismiss other parts of the social safety net. this is not an entitlement program. there's economic stimulus. i think this puts conservatives in a tough position. >> it does put republicans in a tough position. majority of republicans think this is a good idea. the president talked beauty this yesterday. he's been talking about this for as long as he's been in public life. how is it we get more hone into the hands of working americans so we can grow the economy with people actually going out and working every day and building the economy with their hands and their brains. the next challenge for the democrats, how
economy. those are the jobs we need to raise wages for. >> jack brings up an important point, seven out of ten growth occupyings through 2020 are low-wage jobs. this the american job market. the president has supported this, we have a lot of democrats who have come out and supported thchl i think it is much harder, actually, for conservatives to dismiss the minimum wage in the way they dismiss other parts of the social safety net. this is not an entitlement program. there's economic...
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dollars are spent on farmers markets, that money stays in local economies. we're starting to get traction there. people understand when they understand health outcomes of people living on a poor diet, educational outcomes, i think they start to take notice. >> tom, i'm going to open up to my friends in new york. we talked about income inequality in the last block. here is an example of structural, systemic failures that throwed historic highs in terms of poverty. we are talking about cuts to food stamps. i wonder from your standpoint whether you think democrats and progressives have paid enough attention to this issue, which is hunger in america, and whether democrats have ceded too much ground to the right. at this moment being where we are on poverty, we're talking about cuts to food stamps instead of at the very least maintaining funding we have. >> this is an interesting question when we've just extolled the virtue of obama's ability to negotiate. what that represents and we talk about mandela. listen, we obviously made jokes all morning about the gridlo
dollars are spent on farmers markets, that money stays in local economies. we're starting to get traction there. people understand when they understand health outcomes of people living on a poor diet, educational outcomes, i think they start to take notice. >> tom, i'm going to open up to my friends in new york. we talked about income inequality in the last block. here is an example of structural, systemic failures that throwed historic highs in terms of poverty. we are talking about cuts...
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and the economy is getting better. there is a lot of good signs but it just kind of is amazing that congress is just completely awol when it comes to what should be one of their responsibilities. >> and to create jobs, say get rid of the sequester which the cbo says will bring back 900,000 jobs or passing immigration reform, they are actively standing in the way. >> we also shouldn't let off the hook here states. right? so congress is sort of one source of the madness around jobs but the other part of it are these republican governors in states where we kept seeing sort of this growth of private sector jobs at the same time that they kept shrinking government sector jobs while saying government doesn't create jobs, when in fact actually it does. it creates government jobs. most of which pay -- >> part of it is because states have to balance their budgets. it is a fact of life but you're right, this idea that you can't stimulate the economy through government spending is sort of a fallacy. it's been proven in statistics
and the economy is getting better. there is a lot of good signs but it just kind of is amazing that congress is just completely awol when it comes to what should be one of their responsibilities. >> and to create jobs, say get rid of the sequester which the cbo says will bring back 900,000 jobs or passing immigration reform, they are actively standing in the way. >> we also shouldn't let off the hook here states. right? so congress is sort of one source of the madness around jobs...
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president obama was elected at the nater of the economy and at a time when the parties had sorted. when the most liberal republican was more conservative than the most conservative democrat. so there was really no incentive for almost anybody in the republican party to ever want to partner up with him, with the exception of you still see a few house republicans have incentive to work with him on immigration reform, but not health care. there's no dollar for any of those republicans in doing that. i think it was a confluence of all of that stuff that's made this era what it is, the obama era what it is. >> yet, jamal, some people on the left would say we need to be less conciliatory, less in search of a bargain with these people who have moved the goalpost so far to the right. my worry is that we sort of end up with parties -- i mean, i really do think the democratic party has come much further to the center. what the implications post-obama? >> i don't know. i think everyone is firmly ensconced in their camps. you can't take out the demographics. you have 30 years of wage stagnatio
president obama was elected at the nater of the economy and at a time when the parties had sorted. when the most liberal republican was more conservative than the most conservative democrat. so there was really no incentive for almost anybody in the republican party to ever want to partner up with him, with the exception of you still see a few house republicans have incentive to work with him on immigration reform, but not health care. there's no dollar for any of those republicans in doing...
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what that's really telling us, what the president is really saying, a working economy is one in which people who work can take care of their families. that's not what's happening right now. >> the president has been accused of being some sort of socialist and trying to redistribute economics. but if you look at what has happened, the average ceo earns 273 times the average -- what the average worker makes. in 1960 that ratio was 20-1, as opposed to 273-1. in 2010, 93% of income gains went to the top 3%. any economist would say that's not a sustainable model. >> you have growing social inequality. my view is it makes everybody unhappy including the rich. even conservative republicans when you get them in some kind of reasonable conversation -- >> in a quiet back room. >> -- in a quiet back room, tend to agree this is a problem for the country. the difference is republicans, as a matter of policy, don't actually want to do anything about it but i think democrats on the other side have very limited ideas about what to do about it. so raising the minimum wage, the minimum wage should keep
what that's really telling us, what the president is really saying, a working economy is one in which people who work can take care of their families. that's not what's happening right now. >> the president has been accused of being some sort of socialist and trying to redistribute economics. but if you look at what has happened, the average ceo earns 273 times the average -- what the average worker makes. in 1960 that ratio was 20-1, as opposed to 273-1. in 2010, 93% of income gains went...
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as the economy picks up steam it could be throwing a wrench in the republican plans to focus the debate on deficit reduction. john boehner yesterday struck a more conciliatory tone. >> we know we can't cut our way to prosperity. we need real economic growth and that's why you continue to hear a lot of discussion about tax reform, regulatory reform, that would help us produce more economic growth here in our country. we do both, we can begin to solve this problem. >> joining me today, political editor and white house correspondent at "the huffington post," msnbc contributor sam stein, national political water at "the washington post" mika henderson, ben smith and joining us from washington is cnbc's chief washington correspondent mr. john harwood. this is anything but a casual friday panel, ladies and gentlemen. this is a power panel finishing out the week strong and john i'm going to start with you in d.c.. we see a lot of these economic gains. i want to read a quote from zach goldfarb, "the sunnier outlook means that president obama will be able to pay the nation's bills for months wit
as the economy picks up steam it could be throwing a wrench in the republican plans to focus the debate on deficit reduction. john boehner yesterday struck a more conciliatory tone. >> we know we can't cut our way to prosperity. we need real economic growth and that's why you continue to hear a lot of discussion about tax reform, regulatory reform, that would help us produce more economic growth here in our country. we do both, we can begin to solve this problem. >> joining me...
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it has hurt our economy. it hurt our national security. i think it's ir refutable sequestration is bad. therefore, you should get an agreement to turn it off. >> senator, i'm going to open this back up to our panel. katrina, i think it's an important question sam skrks the question of sequestration, which has been sidelined and in the process the goalposts have decidedly been moved to the right. this is a strategic question for democrats. >> absolutely. >> how much will they push and how much ground to republicans they don't know despite all that polling whether they want to open the government back up. >> i think you're right the goalposts have been moved. almost paul ryan's numbers have become a centrist number. he's injected this back into this at a time when we thought he was -- we move beyond sequestration into a new grand bargain moment. you're hearing talk of means testing medicare. >> means testing, receiving subsidies from obama care. >> means testing medicare. >> and a grand bargain. >> any time i heard the word "grand bargain" i
it has hurt our economy. it hurt our national security. i think it's ir refutable sequestration is bad. therefore, you should get an agreement to turn it off. >> senator, i'm going to open this back up to our panel. katrina, i think it's an important question sam skrks the question of sequestration, which has been sidelined and in the process the goalposts have decidedly been moved to the right. this is a strategic question for democrats. >> absolutely. >> how much will they...
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that's where the great powers are, the bulk of the world economy. if we fail to keep countries like japan action china, korea essentially at peace, the 2 isst century could resemble the 20th century. so in some ways we have to figure out how to do more in asia and do here at home. the good news is the kinds of tools we have to bring to bear of trade, diplomacy, diplomatic efforts more broadly, our naval forces, our air forces, those are exactly the tools that could really make a difference in asia. the problem with the middle east is while we still have interesting there, most of the things we can bring to bear are not particularly effective. one part of the world where there are vital interests. we've got another part of the world where we have lesser interests, where history suggests we can't do a lot of good. that ought to inform what it is we do and don't do. >> we'll see where the past is present. rich article haass, thanks so much for your time. >> thanks for having me. >>> coming up, the financial industry stands at a cross roads, or at least
that's where the great powers are, the bulk of the world economy. if we fail to keep countries like japan action china, korea essentially at peace, the 2 isst century could resemble the 20th century. so in some ways we have to figure out how to do more in asia and do here at home. the good news is the kinds of tools we have to bring to bear of trade, diplomacy, diplomatic efforts more broadly, our naval forces, our air forces, those are exactly the tools that could really make a difference in...
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in 2008 when the economy was about to melt down, it took the combined efforts of george bush and his administration, barack obama, the democratic nominee, the democratic and republican congressional leaderships of both houses to barely get that loan to the banks. i don't know where people think there is going to be this political demand to bail out any big bank. it is exactly the opposite. by the way, as chris pointed oud, every mechanism that was used, what the fed did with aig, et cetera, we abolished those and we made it illegal. but here's the confusion people are having. we do believe there is some institutions that are so big that their failure will require us to do something. but specifically not included among them is to keep the institution going. if a very large financial institution can't pay its debts -- that's what we're talking about -- and that threatens the rest of the economy because they can't pay people, then other people don't get paid, et cetera, the first thing that happens is the institution is abolished. those are the death panels. sarah palin talked about dea
in 2008 when the economy was about to melt down, it took the combined efforts of george bush and his administration, barack obama, the democratic nominee, the democratic and republican congressional leaderships of both houses to barely get that loan to the banks. i don't know where people think there is going to be this political demand to bail out any big bank. it is exactly the opposite. by the way, as chris pointed oud, every mechanism that was used, what the fed did with aig, et cetera, we...
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immigration reform is going to be a good thing for the economy. immigration is a good thing for the economies. there are winners and losers. for lower skilled workers, it's going to be hard. this is why it hasn't been disaggregated before. high skilled immigrants are not controversial. they haven't passed bills to bring in people with ph.d.s precisely because you need to deal with the 10 million problem. >> let me ask you, e.j., in terms of the long lens for the president, if he doesn't get immigration reform passed, how devastating is that for him in terms of anything else he may get done and what are the implications in terms of bipartisan? because we talk a lot about the fever and whether or not it broke. it didn't break. the fact that john mccain and lindsey graham are working with the white house, if you will, and democrats on filibusters would seem to be a point of hope but if immigration reform fails, which is the most substantive piece of legislation we can hope for in the next four years, what are the implications for president and the co
immigration reform is going to be a good thing for the economy. immigration is a good thing for the economies. there are winners and losers. for lower skilled workers, it's going to be hard. this is why it hasn't been disaggregated before. high skilled immigrants are not controversial. they haven't passed bills to bring in people with ph.d.s precisely because you need to deal with the 10 million problem. >> let me ask you, e.j., in terms of the long lens for the president, if he doesn't...
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overcoming the economy was a big achievement, getting re-elected was a big achievement. that was not the full story. the full story was this really messy situation, chicago, the white house, internally in chicago. that personal dynamic was such a contrast to 2008. i do think it gives us a window into some of these repeated questions we all have of looking at this. how come they had such problems with health care, recovery act, syria, different cast of characters maybe but some of the root causes really come from the top and they are recurring problems. >>> in terms of actual issues where you think the team suffered or the american public suffered as a result of the dysfunction, are there cases in particular where that messiness gave short stick to the president in terms of policy. >> the campaign is judged whether they win or not. some extent, they won, so everything is great. if they had been against a halfway competent campaign on the other side, they would have been in significant trouble. one of the things i discovered was everyone said the tech team was so amazingly
overcoming the economy was a big achievement, getting re-elected was a big achievement. that was not the full story. the full story was this really messy situation, chicago, the white house, internally in chicago. that personal dynamic was such a contrast to 2008. i do think it gives us a window into some of these repeated questions we all have of looking at this. how come they had such problems with health care, recovery act, syria, different cast of characters maybe but some of the root...
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economy by the throat. yesterday john boehner broke the will of the congress and announced the house may stay in session until saturday that votes on the bill that defunds the national health care law in exchange for keeping the government open. the bill has zero chances of surviving in the senate and the white house has already threatened to veto it but the shutdown of the government remains real enough the white house office of management and budget has asked federal agencies to prepare for a shutdown as early as october. boehner's capitulation to a handful of fractious conservatives follows a summer long campaign led by mike lee and tom cruz, one that happens to be divorced from reality. >> if we see millions and millions of americans saying save us from this train wreck, washington will be forced to listen. >> we're not. given the current makeup of the u.s. congress what ted cruz has been relentlessly advocating is impossible and has been so for sometime. he acknowledged this saying harry reid will no d
economy by the throat. yesterday john boehner broke the will of the congress and announced the house may stay in session until saturday that votes on the bill that defunds the national health care law in exchange for keeping the government open. the bill has zero chances of surviving in the senate and the white house has already threatened to veto it but the shutdown of the government remains real enough the white house office of management and budget has asked federal agencies to prepare for a...
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women's reproductive choices are directly tied to the health of the american economy. to say this is just a social issue i think glosses over the very dynamic and multi-faceted nature of it. >> i completely agree. these are the same people who want to cut the very programs that would help those same women who, if you don't have an abortion and you are more likely to then live in poverty or lower middle class, they also want to cut the programs that would help you be a better parent and raise your kid. what about life once you're born? >> i think that's a very central point that a lot of pro-life activists have tried to adopt in recent years, is finding that balance on that very, very point about, okay, we can be pro life but let's talk about once you have the child, talk about the life. let's talk about the community that child is going to grow up in and what can we do as a community to make sure that that life is sustained, not just at the moment of conception and birth but beyond that. >> one of the things that's admirable about catholic social policy. you may disagr
women's reproductive choices are directly tied to the health of the american economy. to say this is just a social issue i think glosses over the very dynamic and multi-faceted nature of it. >> i completely agree. these are the same people who want to cut the very programs that would help those same women who, if you don't have an abortion and you are more likely to then live in poverty or lower middle class, they also want to cut the programs that would help you be a better parent and...
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and it's really tough in this economy. because things just keep going up. the cost of living just keeps going up. and it's unfair. and it's not like the franchises or the people behind the organizations don't see it. they do see it, but they just turn a deaf ear to it. >> how long have you been working at burger king? >> the current location i've been are working at now, nine years. >> that's a long time. >> that's a long time. >> and what got you to the point where you decided you were going to participate and make your voice heard in this way? >> i'd have to say it's the support, the support and the backing from the organization. it's a chance to have our voice heard, have my voice heard. and to let the organizations know, the people behind the organizations, let them know that we're speaking out against this. this is not just something where it affects a few people. it affect as lot of people. so this is the reason whydy it because of the backing and support. >> you know, michael, i want to bring our panel in here, so it's worth noting that the minimum w
and it's really tough in this economy. because things just keep going up. the cost of living just keeps going up. and it's unfair. and it's not like the franchises or the people behind the organizations don't see it. they do see it, but they just turn a deaf ear to it. >> how long have you been working at burger king? >> the current location i've been are working at now, nine years. >> that's a long time. >> that's a long time. >> and what got you to the point...
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i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. ready to plan for your future? just be possible. in the "new york times" magazine, annie lowry asks the question, is it crazy to think we can eradicate poverty around the world? the answer seems to be no, it is not crazy at all. she says the gains we've seen in eradicating poverty are in part because the bar is set extremely low. $1.25 is the daily income threshold. despite this, 1.2 billion people around the world are living this way. in extreme poverty. hopefully, not for long. lowry writes fortunately this deadly and cyclical form of poverty is already on its way towards obsolescence. the first world bank millennium goal to have the proportion of the world population living in dire poverty by 2015 was met five years early. as the rate fell to an estimated 21% in 2010, from 43% in 1990. lowry interviews experts who say th
i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. ready to plan for your future? just be possible. in the "new york times" magazine, annie lowry asks the question, is it crazy to think we can eradicate poverty around the world? the answer seems to be no, it is not crazy at all. she says the gains...
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corporate tax rates are higher than the tax rates of other economies the u.s. has an effective corporate tax rate of 27.1% compared to 27.7% in the other large economies of the world. these are perpetuated by corporations so they have the most favorable economic conditions. >> and this has been true throughout the entire recession. you could have ended the recession almost overnight if every corporation just decided to spend down their cash reserves and hire a bunch of people and recapitalize on new product lines and whatnot. i think we have to think about this as almost a situation of hostage taking. it's one thing for a state to attract a new business to come in with a tax break, but it's an entirely different thing when you have a company like sears or like boeing, which has been based in a state for a long time, and just one day they say, you know what, texas is looking pretty good. we might go to texas unless you give us another tax break. we're going to take all these jobs with us. what is the state going to do? you haveemploying people who se for compani
corporate tax rates are higher than the tax rates of other economies the u.s. has an effective corporate tax rate of 27.1% compared to 27.7% in the other large economies of the world. these are perpetuated by corporations so they have the most favorable economic conditions. >> and this has been true throughout the entire recession. you could have ended the recession almost overnight if every corporation just decided to spend down their cash reserves and hire a bunch of people and...
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still any respite is welcome in an economy with 12% unemployment and 40% inflation. on sunday for the first time inspectors from the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog toured the heavy water reactor at iraq. a sign that while there's plenty of scepticism some progress was already under way. robert, the president towed a careful line here. i thought his remarks were interesting. it seems like we're in the middle of what our good friend david axelrod likes to call kabuki theater, confident but not overconfident. i wonder about the deal back and forth between president obama and members of his own congress like bob menendez pushing this renewed sanctions deal. >> i do think you've got the potential collision of a lot of different time lines. the president, i think, is realistic to say there's a possibility of a deal but the deal can long move forward long-term if iranians are willing to do things. if he understands that from colliding time lines politically you've got congressional members from both parties pursuing sanctions. you've got israelis against this deal. i think the one
still any respite is welcome in an economy with 12% unemployment and 40% inflation. on sunday for the first time inspectors from the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog toured the heavy water reactor at iraq. a sign that while there's plenty of scepticism some progress was already under way. robert, the president towed a careful line here. i thought his remarks were interesting. it seems like we're in the middle of what our good friend david axelrod likes to call kabuki theater, confident but not...
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the plan on the war to shut down american government by starting a fight that may send the american economy into a tailspin. his scheme, lull the house gop into submission on a short-term bill to keep the government up and running by promising a delusionally large bag on the ceiling. authorizing bills the payment already racked up, the president must agree to a delay in the nation's health care law, the elimination of greenhouse gas regulations, the authorization of the keystone pipeline and end to social service grants that provide daycare and provide meals to elderly and elimination of parts of dodd/frank financial reform. no word yet on whether the house gop will ask for the resignation of attorney general eric holder or a decrease in the federal minimum wage. as with all things republican, things are fluid here. "the washington post" sums up the bill quite niecely. house gop debt limit bill isn't a serious governing document, not even a possible opening bid, it is a cry for help. it may not be serious, plausible, it may not be grounded in reality. as the speaker announced this morning,
the plan on the war to shut down american government by starting a fight that may send the american economy into a tailspin. his scheme, lull the house gop into submission on a short-term bill to keep the government up and running by promising a delusionally large bag on the ceiling. authorizing bills the payment already racked up, the president must agree to a delay in the nation's health care law, the elimination of greenhouse gas regulations, the authorization of the keystone pipeline and...
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i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. ready to plan for your future? we'll help you get there. ♪ unh ♪ [ male announcer ] you can choose to blend in. ♪ or you can choose to blend out. the all-new 2014 lexus is. it's your move. let them vote. pass a clean bill to avert a shutdown. defy the anarchists, respect the law and >>> we are monitoring the senate floor where majority leader harry reid is speaking right now. senate expected to hold a closer vote to fund the government in minutes. we'll bring you that when it begins. alex wagner is on assignment today but earlier she sat down with two stars of "saturday night live" ahead of tomorrow's season premier. >> this weekend "saturday night live," which has now won more emmys than any other series ever in the history of time is back for its 39th season with half a dozen new cast members, musical guest arcade f
i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. ready to plan for your future? we'll help you get there. ♪ unh ♪ [ male announcer ] you can choose to blend in. ♪ or you can choose to blend out. the all-new 2014 lexus is. it's your move. let them vote. pass a clean bill to avert a shutdown. defy the...
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. >> the deficit is somewhat taking care of itself because the economy is getting stronger. tax receipts are going back up. government has gotten a lot of money back from fannie and freddie. the trends are pretty good there. the long-term budget problem is not going to be solved by getting rid of things like the department of commerce and the department of education. in the long-term if you're not talking about health care costs, you're not really tackling the problem. and he does have proposals to hold down health care costs but they would do so in unpopular ways. privatizing medicare is not something the american public is terribly interested in and is really, really unpopular. the broader issue for him is pockets of popularity. he may be popular among some young republicans or some very libertarian republicans but i think when you think about a general election, it's really hard to imagine those ideas swaying enough voters to be a more moderate candidate. >> ideologiceven rand paul is sy his purism on defense concerns. he talked about vilified drone strikes and weeks late
. >> the deficit is somewhat taking care of itself because the economy is getting stronger. tax receipts are going back up. government has gotten a lot of money back from fannie and freddie. the trends are pretty good there. the long-term budget problem is not going to be solved by getting rid of things like the department of commerce and the department of education. in the long-term if you're not talking about health care costs, you're not really tackling the problem. and he does have...
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also, there's international assistance to egypt's economy. this is very, very important. as we reflected, the egyptian economy is poised to collapse so the only dimension will be how fast can egypt put all of these pieces back in place getting back to a legitimate government, an elected government, the speed of that will determine how the united states responds. >> okay. i want to remind you that we're watching live pictures. live pictures from tahrir square in cairo and egypt. that's an extraordinary set of developments. i want to come back to the panel. jonathan, you've written a book about the president and his comportment. the president gave a very famous speech in cairo in which he tried to position himself vis-a-vis the arab streets and recognizing the flowering of democracy after the united states has a history of supporting dictators in the region. can you talk about these sort of changes that we've seen a year later, almost another arab spring. >> the diceyness of this situation notwithstanding, the street that we're seeing now is the street that the president wa
also, there's international assistance to egypt's economy. this is very, very important. as we reflected, the egyptian economy is poised to collapse so the only dimension will be how fast can egypt put all of these pieces back in place getting back to a legitimate government, an elected government, the speed of that will determine how the united states responds. >> okay. i want to remind you that we're watching live pictures. live pictures from tahrir square in cairo and egypt. that's an...
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and the folks who are working to get into the middle class; an economy that grows from the middle-out. that's what we need. (cheers) >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports", presidential pep rally on the hill. >> what's the message you're bringing to the hill today? >> jobs, middle class, growth. >>> obama takes a trip down pennsylvania avenue to you night democrats before they go back home before the august break. republicans, meanwhile, have their own message. >> if i had poll numbers as low as his, i would probably be out doing the same thing as him. >>> family feud spills over to the senate floor today after chris christie and rand paul squabble over spending. now it's mccain versus rand paul on foreign aid. >> isn't the question here is whether the senator from kentucky knows what's better for israel or israel knows what's better for israel?
and the folks who are working to get into the middle class; an economy that grows from the middle-out. that's what we need. (cheers) >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports", presidential pep rally on the hill. >> what's the message you're bringing to the hill today? >> jobs, middle class, growth. >>> obama takes a trip down pennsylvania avenue to you night democrats before they go back home before the august break. republicans, meanwhile, have their...
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>> the president's health care law continues to wreak havoc on families, small businesses and economy. it's not just a broken website. this bill is fundamentally flawed. >> our republican colleagues have focused so much attention, in fact, obsessed in killing the affordable care act they failed to focus on real needs of americans. >> smashing the speed limit. investigators say derailed commuter train traveling three times the legal speed heading into that dangerous curve 82 miles an hour. still unknown was the crash that killed four passengers caused by mechanical failure or operator error. >> for the train to be going 82 miles an hour around that curve is just a
>> the president's health care law continues to wreak havoc on families, small businesses and economy. it's not just a broken website. this bill is fundamentally flawed. >> our republican colleagues have focused so much attention, in fact, obsessed in killing the affordable care act they failed to focus on real needs of americans. >> smashing the speed limit. investigators say derailed commuter train traveling three times the legal speed heading into that dangerous curve 82...
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it's a series of really stupid cuts and it's very bad for the economy right now. we still need oom ph. we have unemployment out there. >> a lot think sequester is stupid, you need to cut spending but that's a dumb way to do it. it doesn't invest, move the ball forward in any meaningful way. >> not getting and not giving being a possibility is sort of death starrish in terms of where we are. >> i don't disagree with both of you. i think dee raises a great point. the way, quite frankly, the pentagon, spending cuts dealt with the pentagon, nobody in their right mind would think that's the best way to do this. at the same time i look at the landscape and think to myself, in order to get some relief from all of this, democrat and republican, you've got to have people that sit at the table and are willing to put in a little on each side noed to lessen the overall sequestration burden. my question is just this whole exercise is not made sitting at that table any easier. in fact, it's probably elevated, the choruses on both sides, the hard base chorus on each side which u
it's a series of really stupid cuts and it's very bad for the economy right now. we still need oom ph. we have unemployment out there. >> a lot think sequester is stupid, you need to cut spending but that's a dumb way to do it. it doesn't invest, move the ball forward in any meaningful way. >> not getting and not giving being a possibility is sort of death starrish in terms of where we are. >> i don't disagree with both of you. i think dee raises a great point. the way, quite...
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economy. now i believe a quarter of american adults between 18 and 30 live with their parents. unemployment rate for millennials is 16.1%. >> people keep asking why is the housing recovery so slow, though it's been a little better the last few months? it's because millennials can't afford to buy a home because they are so burdened with debt. part of the fix on that is on the interest rates. but the senator's been getting at this. i'd interested to know if he has more detailed thoughts on what we do to making college actually cheaper rather than just financing it more cheaply. over the last 30 years we've had twice as much inflation in college tuition than health care costs. >> nothing has gone up like college costs. my wife, first in her fm to go to college. her dad was a utility maintenance worker, her mom was a home care worker. she graduated from kent state 30-plus years ago with student debt of $1,200. one of the problems is the private bank loans. one problem is financing generally. but we need a much more comprehensive approach so that working class and middle class kids
economy. now i believe a quarter of american adults between 18 and 30 live with their parents. unemployment rate for millennials is 16.1%. >> people keep asking why is the housing recovery so slow, though it's been a little better the last few months? it's because millennials can't afford to buy a home because they are so burdened with debt. part of the fix on that is on the interest rates. but the senator's been getting at this. i'd interested to know if he has more detailed thoughts on...
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we need an economy that works for everything. >> richard brings up -- we've been talking about the fact that congress has worked hastily. there's no urgency there. an inordinate power they have in terms of drafting legislation. the other piece of this, and i wonder if richard would agree with me, we have to remember there's been a concerted effort. i'm talking about the cops, those are labor guys out there in boston. >> i think wisconsin really showed the strategy where the governor was trying to pick off the cops by the teacher, so i think in addition to general railingsal changes to undermine the role of labor, to demonize labor. which has not quite been the case. >> but also, if we talk about sort of means in society, then, the idea that fairness has been appropriated on the right as redistributionism and socialism. what we're talking about is raisings the level. >> providing basic workplace protections. >> i think what makes this whole debate is this geographic divide. so we have, you know, we see it now in the topics in the news. there are some ways in which they were able to more
we need an economy that works for everything. >> richard brings up -- we've been talking about the fact that congress has worked hastily. there's no urgency there. an inordinate power they have in terms of drafting legislation. the other piece of this, and i wonder if richard would agree with me, we have to remember there's been a concerted effort. i'm talking about the cops, those are labor guys out there in boston. >> i think wisconsin really showed the strategy where the governor...
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remember, this was a guy who ran for re-election when the economy was in the toilet. unemployment was high, the republicans were saying that he was a failed president. and yet they saw, the american people saw that he was quote trying. he was trying his best, despite the obstacles. now you know, when he sits back and doesn't do anything and he tries to be reasonable and tries to be the adult in the room. >> that never seems to really work for him. >> it doesn't. but when he gets out there and fights it reminds people who he is. they get to see him and he looks like he's having a whole lot of fun. and it's easy to have fun and look like you're having fun when you're right. >> you know, there's also not a big enough villain. it's not like there's a newt gingrich out there. >> chuck grassley isn't enough of an enemy? >> john boehner? >> he's shrinking by the day. >> the incredibly shrinking republican opposition. something tells me there will be more from that side as the week goes on. after the break, confessed wikileaker whistle blower, bradley manning and p.j. crowley
remember, this was a guy who ran for re-election when the economy was in the toilet. unemployment was high, the republicans were saying that he was a failed president. and yet they saw, the american people saw that he was quote trying. he was trying his best, despite the obstacles. now you know, when he sits back and doesn't do anything and he tries to be reasonable and tries to be the adult in the room. >> that never seems to really work for him. >> it doesn't. but when he gets out...
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economy but the worldwide economy and sending us already in a difficult economic times into recession, you know, it's kind of hard to negotiate with folks that are coming from that point of view. now, a lot of it i've got to tell you is going to depend on how speaker boehner deals with these tea party folks, about 50 or 55 of them, who are determined to have their way. but let me -- and i've said this to my tea party friends, that when you come into government, when you decide that you are going to run for office, you come into a situation where it is about the art of compromise. i've never seen a bill that i liked everything about. but at the same time i know i've got 435 people that i'm working with that i've got to compromise. and this way -- my way or the highway will not work. >> so, congressman, my colleague, rachel maddow, has called what's happening in the republican party a hot like folks tearing each other apart like they're blind folded hungry we feels who someone dosed with pcp, which is perhaps even euphemistic. john harwood is reiterating that you did say that you did ha
economy but the worldwide economy and sending us already in a difficult economic times into recession, you know, it's kind of hard to negotiate with folks that are coming from that point of view. now, a lot of it i've got to tell you is going to depend on how speaker boehner deals with these tea party folks, about 50 or 55 of them, who are determined to have their way. but let me -- and i've said this to my tea party friends, that when you come into government, when you decide that you are...
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that would bring the government crashing down has terrible consequences for the state of the american economy and the state of this country. maybe they are so upset that -- >> wonder how many people are attending. did they gin up a lot of people to come out. >> jonathan, the law is going to get more popular as people have to interface with it. >> which is why the republicans have been spending years now trying to beat the hell out of it in hopes people don't join exchanges and participate. the other problem they have, remember it used to be repeal obama care and replace it with something. they have conveniently dropped the replace part. >> after 40 times, jonathan, they decided, okay. >> you peel it and then what? what do you tell the people who are benefiting from obama care? it's an unbelievable cynical game they are playing. what happens if by some miracle the president does sign the piece of legislation that defunds obama care, then what will senator cruz do. >> that's a question we could ask at the end of every paragraph. just a reminder special coverage of the president's address on syr
that would bring the government crashing down has terrible consequences for the state of the american economy and the state of this country. maybe they are so upset that -- >> wonder how many people are attending. did they gin up a lot of people to come out. >> jonathan, the law is going to get more popular as people have to interface with it. >> which is why the republicans have been spending years now trying to beat the hell out of it in hopes people don't join exchanges and...
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we, we forget because by the time we came into office in 2009, it was all about the economy. but the animating event really for three years, leading up to that election, was iraq. i definitely think, i think it is, i think it will have a huge impact, it has on this commander-in-chief and will have on future commanders in chief. because they understand that without some popular support, it's hard to go about doing -- a lot of military action. without some broad popular support among people to do something like this, there's very little taste to park tens of thousands of people in a place like syria. that even though it's important, has less of a connection to folks here at home. they understand now probably more than ever, the real costs of the war. not just in dollars, but in lives and in injuries and in things like ptsd, which we'll quite frankly be dealing with for a lifetime. >> rachel i want to talk about the veterans' angle on this and we speak about the cost of war. we often forget about those still living if you're look at what's happening to veterans, there are 600,00
we, we forget because by the time we came into office in 2009, it was all about the economy. but the animating event really for three years, leading up to that election, was iraq. i definitely think, i think it is, i think it will have a huge impact, it has on this commander-in-chief and will have on future commanders in chief. because they understand that without some popular support, it's hard to go about doing -- a lot of military action. without some broad popular support among people to do...